Chapter 46 Tearing Off the Mask (Part 3)
Two days later, Xia Beibei called Chu Yang and said she wanted his help with something. The two made an appointment to meet at noon at the noodle restaurant near the police station.
At noon, the noodle shop closed and a sign saying "temporarily closed" was hung outside. There were only Xia Beibei and Chu Yang in the shop. Xia Beibei had just hung up the phone when Chu Yang came out holding a bowl of beef noodles.
"Is there any progress in Mo Tan's case? Was it suicide?"
The news of Mo Tan's case was leaked by someone, and the murder of the criminal police captain was exposed by the media. Xia Beibei was not surprised when Chu Yang knew about it.
but……
She picked up the chopsticks and pointed to the seat opposite him, signaling him to sit down. "No progress yet."
Having said that, Xia Beibei paused deliberately and looked at him thoughtfully. Chu Yang noticed her meaningful look, paused as well, and then clenched his wrist.
"How is Bochuan? Is he okay?"
Xia Beibei asked, "Do you think it would be okay to be treated as a suspect?"
Her tone was very aggressive. Chu Yang looked at her with some surprise. "Officer Xia, have I offended you? Your expression tells me that you have something against me."
Xia Beibei took two big mouthfuls of noodles and waited until she had swallowed them completely before speaking with a smile.
"How could that be? I'm just in a bad mood. Something happened to my boss and I've been suspended from work. I'm in a bad mood so my tone is unavoidable. Please don't be offended."
Chu Yang smiled and said, "No."
Afterwards, the two talked about Mo Tan again. Xia Beibei asked him if he knew Mo Tan. Chu Yang said he knew him. Xia Beibei asked him how much he knew about Mo Tan. Chu Yang was silent for a while before speaking with regret.
"We are old friends, but we haven't had much contact in the past two years. He has a laboratory and stays in the laboratory all day, and I am also busy running around for business. We only meet occasionally for a drink."
Xia Beibei swallowed the beef in her mouth and grinned, "Chu Yang, I just realized that you are our lucky star."
Chu Yang's eyebrows jumped, "What do you mean?"
Xia Beibei said: "Look, in Chen Yong's case, you opened a noodle shop here; when Chen Yu took me away, you just happened to appear; in Zhao Yongde's case, you just happened to be his friend"
"You happened to be in trouble at the cocktail party where Lin Qi and Yang Lin were taken away; in Fu Wei's case, you traveled all the way to Lianzhen Town before your injuries had healed, and you also happened to know Fu Wei."
Having said this, she deliberately paused again, the smile on her face becoming more and more obvious, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
"Look, you have a great affinity with us. Many times, it was thanks to your help that the case made progress. So, you are really a lucky star. Your appearance in this series of cases is just right. I came here today to ask you if you can provide any more clues about Mo Tan's case."
Chu Yang didn't say anything, just looked at Xia Beibei quietly. After a long silence, he suddenly smiled, "Why did you think of me? Did Bochuan ask you to come?"
Xia Beibei put down her chopsticks, picked up the orange juice beside her and took a sip, "He treated you as a friend and never deliberately doubted you. He just wanted to help you find out the truth of that year."
"Besides, it's not hard to think of you. As long as we connect all the cases into a complete line, we will find that you have appeared in every case. However, you are the boss's friend, so we have never suspected you."
Chu Yang took a cigarette from his pocket, then went to the cashier to get a lighter. When he sat down opposite Xia Beibei again, the expression on his face was somewhat obscured by the white mist.
"So, are you here to ask me for help today, or to arrest me?"
Although she couldn't see the subtle expression, Xia Beibei could sense that Chu Yang was smiling. It was a faint smile and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. Xia Beibei's tone was also calm.
"I have no evidence, so I'm not here to arrest you. But, Chu Yang, you have to help me this time."
Chu Yang flicked the ash off his cigarette, looked at her with sharp eyes, and said with a smile: "Why should I help you?"
Xia Beibei did not answer his question, but just curled up a sarcastic smile at the corner of her mouth.
"The boss said, in a society ruled by law, there are not so many lunatics who challenge the law. Even if there are a few who got their brains kicked by a donkey, there are so many bad people in the world. Can they punish them all? I have been wondering what the boss meant by this sentence."
Chu Yang narrowed his eyes and blew out a smoke ring leisurely, "Have you figured it out?"
Xia Beibei smiled and said, "Yes, I've figured it out. People nowadays are actually very tired. They are busy with work, getting married and having children, going out to socialize, and paying mortgages and car loans. The pressure is so great that it only takes a moment for them to collapse. They can't even finish worrying about their own affairs, so how can they have so much free time to care about other people's affairs?"
Chu Yang asked: "So?"
Xia Beibei exhaled lightly, with a hint of contempt on her face.
"So, I don't know what the Sun Organization was like 20 years ago, but now, the stories about killing social scum, being a social hero, and being a garbage scavenger are all bullshit. The existence of this organization today is nothing more than a trick by some people to achieve their own revenge goals. It's just an excuse for their revenge."
Chu Yang was silent for a long time, with a half-smile on his face, "You've said so much, but I still don't know why I have to help you."
Xia Beibei half-closed her eyes and looked at him with a look that was almost pity mixed with sarcasm.
"Li Xiaochun, Chen Yong, Zhao Yongde, Fu Wei, and the victims of the previous Sun crimes in Yun City, I have thoroughly investigated their past."
"I don't know if it was an accident or a coincidence, but they all have one thing in common. Putting aside their dark history, they are all inextricably linked to a case eight years ago. It was this case that led to your father, Chu Yunping, being charged with murder, dismissed from his post, investigated, imprisoned, and finally, committing suicide."
Chu Yang's calm expression changed. He slowly sat up straight, not noticing that the cigarette ash burned his hand, and stared at Xia Beibei with gloomy eyes.
The phone on the table rang. Xia Beibei turned her head to look at the phone on the table. The caller ID showed that it was Zhou Xun. She just pressed the answer button when a gun was suddenly pressed against her forehead.
Chu Yang suddenly had a sophisticated pistol in his hand, with the muzzle against Xia Beibei's head. He pinched her neck with his other hand, and spoke in a cold and fierce tone.
"I underestimated you. What else do you know, huh?"
Xia Beibei did not resist. She did not pick up her phone which fell on the stool beside her. Chu Yang was very strong and she was a little out of breath. However, she stared at Chu Yang's face without blinking and said with difficulty:
"Although I can't see through you, Chu Yang, your expression just now betrayed you. As soon as you arrived, you asked about Mo Tan's situation, and your brows were furrowed. I saw anger on your face, so I guessed that you didn't want Mo Tan to die, right?"
Chu Yang was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, with a murderous look on his face, "So, so what, what do you want to say?"
Xia Beibei's breathing became lighter and lighter. She said with difficulty: "I... I just want to save Gao Bochuan. Tell me who the murderer is. As long as Gao Bochuan is fine, I can say nothing."
Hearing this, Chu Yang's face showed a variety of expressions, surprise, regret, or sympathy. Finally, he slowly lowered his hand, sat back in his original seat, and lit another cigarette.
"Xia Beibei, you are very brave to come to me alone to confront me. However, you are fighting so hard for Gao Bochuan, which will chill the heart of another person."
Xia Beibei was gasping for breath. When she heard this, she subconsciously frowned, "You...what do you mean?"
Chu Yang didn't answer her. He just chuckled and shook his head, took two puffs of his cigarette, played with the pistol, and looked at her with a smile.
"You're right. People nowadays are so busy that no one is stupid enough to care about other people's affairs. The sun claims to hate evil and cleans up the garbage for the city, but in fact it is just covering up its own hatred."
After saying that, he actually started to chuckle, his laughter was intermittent, and there was a faint light in his eyes.
"Xia Ying, twenty years ago, you were called this name, right? Haha, actually we are the same kind of people, but we choose different ways of revenge."
Summer cherry? Xia Beibei was stunned for a moment, her eyes a little dazed. The last time she heard this name was when she was taken away by Chen Yu. The man he called boss was Xia Ying.
"You...you are Shi Feng?"
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